1. Multimedia Design Principles Pertemuan 9 Matakuliah: T0732 / Sistem Multimedia Tahun: 2007

2. Bina Nusantara Learning Outcomes Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa akan mampu : memilih desain yang baik untuk informasi, interface dan navigasi aplikasi multimedia

3. Bina Nusantara Outline Materi Information Design Navigation Interface Design Metaphor

4. Bina Nusantara Why Design? “People need to get into your software in about 20 seconds and get immediate possitive feedback and reward; then they are smiling and having a good time and they want to go further.” – Trip Hawkins, Electronic Arts Chairman.

5. Bina Nusantara Information Architecture Linear / Sequential  telling a story Hierarchical  organized information Network / Web  exploring

6. Bina Nusantara Structural Issues Depth Breadth

7. Bina Nusantara Navigation Key Questions –Where am I? –Where have I been? –Where can I go to? Navigation Techniques –Browsing –Searching –Site Maps –Indexes

8. Bina Nusantara Navigation Providing indicators - ‘you are here’ –Cascading menus –Thumbnail maps –Color coding Providing ‘Search facilities’ –Sitemaps –Explicit ‘Home’ button

9. Bina Nusantara Usability Attributes Match between system and the real world User control and freedom  support undo and redo Consistency and standards  “exit” or “quit” ? Error prevention Flexibility and efficiency of use  expert/basic mode Aesthetic and minimalist design Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors  understandable error message From Jacob Nielsen’s “Ten Usability Heuristics”Ten Usability Heuristics

10. Bina Nusantara Interface Design Issues Hyperlinks, icons, and buttons Alignment Text Color Screen size and resolutions And so on.…

11. Bina Nusantara Hyperlinks, Icons, and Buttons Use common colour to indicate the state of hyperlinks (selected, rollover, or clicked) Provide icons/buttons that make sense Do not force user to learn many new/special icons How the buttons is activated/selected  highlight or shape change

12. Bina Nusantara Alignment Both ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ elements on the page. Good alignment contributes to cleaner communication Centered text is visually unsophisticated and increases reading time Uniformity of alignment of elements throughout the website

13. Bina Nusantara Text Takes longer to read off a screen than from a book Consider hierarchy of information Present key information first Writing - direct, concise, short paragraphs and bulleted lists Limit use of typefaces - maximum 2 Sans-serif faces are more readable

14. Bina Nusantara Color Use simple combinations  color theory Warm colors look larger than cool colors Bright colors larger than dark ones. Intense, saturated color can cause eye strain when used in quantity so don’t use it as background

15. Bina Nusantara Which one is better?

16. Bina Nusantara Screen Resolutions 2006 Statistic 2001 Statistic 640x480: 5.3 % 800x600: 13.2 % 1024x768: 44.4 % 1152x864: 5.2 % 1280x1024: 31.9 % From Screen-Resolution.com 640x480: 5.7 % 800x600: 52.5 % 1024x768: 32.7 % 1152x864: 2.3 % 1280x1024: 2.9 % From statmarket.com Resolution is increasing Design for lowest and most used resolution for ensured success

17. Bina Nusantara Interface Design Pointers Define a control area and a stage area Choose muted background images and appropriate button graphics Use visual depth to indicate importance KISS

18. Bina Nusantara Metaphor A complex application can be understood more easily if the user interface is depicted in a way that resembles some commonplace system Appropriate metaphor allow user to learn/remember minimal rules or procedures of the application

19. Bina Nusantara Metaphor Example – ReadPlease 2000 http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/readplease.htm

20. Bina Nusantara Metaphor Example – PowerDVD = Tape Deck

21. Bina Nusantara Metaphor Issues Used for an application not one button Several metaphors in one application Metaphor isn’t always necessary Stick to metaphors that will be understood by most users Some metaphors don't cross cultural boundaries http://www.keyosk.co.uk/pr_letter-boxes-us-style-mailbox-891.shtmlhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Japan_Mailbox_Red.jpg

22. Bina Nusantara Q & A